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PIA News Service - Monday, October 8, 2012

Caraga stakeholders to participate in the PYDP action planning workshop

By Jennifer P. Gaitano

BUTUAN CITY, Oct. 8 (PIA) -- Caraga stakeholders
will participate in the action planning workshop for the 2012-2016 Philippine
Youth Development Plan (PYDP) on October 9-11 at the Department of Education
(DepEd) Caraga Regional Office, this city.

This is in support to President Benigno Aquino
III’s social contract with the Filipino people.

Atty. Eddie Cuaresma, area cluster head of
Northeastern Mindanao, said the PYDP was formulated with three objectives to
revolutionalize youth development, namely: 1) Improve enabling conditions for
youth participation in governance, society and development; 2) Increase
contribution and benefit of youth in the attainment of the Millennium
Development Goals and other goals; and 3) Improve access to quality basic
services and social protection through enabling policies and programs.

“With PYDP as the framework, we will be
conducting both national and regional action planning to determine the
commitment and contributions of all duty bearers and the mechanism to
mainstream the plan,” said Cuaresma.

For more information, NYC can be reached at
telephone number 088-8575895 or email at nyccdo_nem@yahoo.com. (RER/JPG/PIA-Caraga)

“This framework agreement paves the way for a
final, enduring peace in Mindanao. It brings all former secessionist groups
into the fold; no longer does the Moro Islamic Liberation Front aspire for a
separate state,” matud pa sa Pangulo.

“This means that hands that once held rifles
will be put to use tilling land, selling produce, manning work stations, and
opening doorways of opportunity for other citizens,” dugang pa niya.

“This agreement creates a new political entity,
and it deserves a name that symbolizes and honors the struggles of our
forebears in Mindanao, and celebrates the history and character of that part of
our nation. That name will be Bangsamoro,” sa iyang pagpasabot.

“In the next few days, the basic principles and
outline of the Agreement will be published in various periodicals; the Official
Gazette of our government will post the Agreement in full. I urge everyone to
participate in free and public discourse before the final signing. Everything
will be disclosed; we have no desire to keep secrets. To the best of our
ability, we have examined these agreements; we believe we have reached balance
and common ground. As a result, we have rectified the errors of the past, and installed
mechanisms to make sure they do not recur,” matud sa Pangulo. (RER/FEA/PIA-Surigao
del Norte)